What is the SLOWEST car you've raced?

stock 32 plymouth coupe 29 seconds and change 45 mph I did get yelled at for haveing my helmet off before the finish lime

Towed my buddys ride to the track, had some issues so we unhooked the trailer and raced my 1990 F-150 5.0L. Air-pump removed, underdrive pulleys, chipped, bbk tb, equal length shorty headers, 2.25" dual exhaust, 3.55's, ran a whopping 18.32 @ 82 mph at 6000' DA...sad part I wasn't the slowest truck there lol...

My first was a "Borrowed" race car. It was a Crosley bodied altered. It had a boxed T Model frame, center steer, narrowed 57 GM rear. For power, I borrowed my cousin's Ford Flathead, 2X2s, Offy heads, 276", Isky cam, etc. Slicks were 6" recaps(very common in the early 60s). No trailer, a tow bar was the method of transport---pulled by a 54 Ford sedan(6 cylinder of course). Safety equipment included WWII surplus belts, P-51 fighter seat, a butterfly steering wheel and an open face Bell helment.

It ran a stout 88MPH in 1/4---don't remember the ET---probably in the 16 or 17s.

About five of us guys put this thing together---and groups like this don't last long, and this one didn't either. We split up after about a month---went our separate ways. The next year, I and a friend bought a 96" rail complete with trailer for $450. Got the flathead again and off to the races we went----ran that thing with the flathead and various GM SBs for several years.

I had a 72 Dart 225 6 cylinder that ran 17s, and my 92 D150 runs mid 15s and I actually do pretty good when I race it. I race Street Eliminator with my Dart ( 11.50-19.99) running 11.50s I`m leaving second most of the time. We have a weekly racer in a Caprice wagon that runs 18.0s he does pretty good its fun running him down at 115 mph but the wait to leave seems forever. My friend runs a 15 second 66 Biscayne in Pro Eliminator were 90% of the cars run 9s, 10s and 11s he does well because a lot of the fast cars say they can`t judge him at the stripe.

I was put up against a motorcycle in a heads up "grudge race" in my first Dodge Dart. I was running 11s, he was running 10s. We launched, and he immediately pulled ahead. His bike started wobbling, then spit him off. He slid directly in front of my car! Thankfully I got the car stopped pretty quickly, even with the skinny fronts and aired down slicks. The car kind of hopped to a stop and I came within three feet of the guy.

Once they got him cleared out of there I continued down the track real mellow. I think my damn leg was shaking... They actually had an ET slip for me. 1 minute 17 seconds.

I don't understand whey they let bikes run against cars:(

Not one that I ran,but years ago at aMMCI event at QuakerCity.I watched my son Curt run a local guy from our area with a 19 second Rambler,Curt was dialed a mid or low 9.It seemed like forever and when it looked like the Rambler was near the finish line Curt put the hammer down,passed him at the stripe for the win.The two got together after the run and Curt couldn't believe he caught the guy.Turns out the guy told Curt he jumped off the throttle and was on the brakes,he though he blew his engine,it was just that big Hemi rattling his glass as Curt came up on him.

My '77 dodge w100. It's a 4 speed 360 and it had a 2" lift with 31" tires and 3.55 gears. Funny thing is, it'd 60' fairly decently for what it was (can't remember the numbers, just remember being surprised) but trying to push a house through the air doesn't do much for the top end. 16.6 thru the mufflers and 16.4 open headers. It was always a crap shoot deciding to leave it in 3rd till the end or shift into 4th. Never seemed to make a difference timewise. 81 mph was about as fast as it'd trap. Wish I'd had time to take it to the track after I put the 408 in it. Where it used to run 80 mph it would go 94 at our hometown "track". Interesting how the distance between the 55 mph sign and the 70mph sign is almost exactly a 1/4 mile...

In 2008 my boy was running the IHRA Teen class in Tulsa.Had to be street legal vehicle running 10.00 or slower in the eighth mile and had to have an adult in the vehicle with him. We ran our 1982 Jeep J-10 truck with the 258 straight six. When we ran on Friday's with little track prep we dialed 13.50, but when they ran us on Saturday's during a regular race with a lot of VHT we usually had to dial around 14.20. He won five races with that truck that year and it was a blast getting to ride with him down the track. Oh and MPH was usually around 52.
Brad

My wifes Dodge PU with a 5.9... ran 16 something

slant 6 duster w/auto ran 21.5's at 62 mph I think.Nasty

i showed up to the track once in my '78 valiant utility with a 265 cu in hemi six. dialed in at 18.0. just left it in drive & it did 18.0 all night long. with a reputation of cutting a mean light i had 4 red light wins to get me into the semi's which i won but lost the final.

71 plymouth fury III 318
ran 19.69 82mph
in 1978 1979 at motion raceway in assumption,Ill
race there the last 4 years it was open
one of the last cars down the track
raced gateway with 74 charger

I've run several slow Mopars.

'66 V100, 170, 904, 3.23, --- 22.22
'80 Mirada, 225, 904, 2.71 -- 20.80
'84 D150, 225, 904, 3.21 --- 20.40
'68 V200, 225, 904, 2.94 --- 18.19
'68 Signet, 225, 904, 2.94 -- 17.42

My 1980 Mirada 318 2 barrel w/ 2.21 gears. ran a best of 12.57 at 56 mph in the 1/8 mile. Actually won 2 trophies in that car. Easy to be consistent when the car can't even spin the tires on wet pavement.

Hello everyone. I googled slowest bracket car and found yalls site. Cool site by the way. I see I have found some comp with slowrides. Slowride happens to be my dads name for 3 of his rides in footbrake. I just sold slowride #4 .74 nova it was the slowest of all 4 rides. 12:80 / 8.00. I know..... not that slow but here's where it gets good and slow. I'm from TEXAS and race at Houston raceway park and Lonestar racway park in sealy tx.. Lonestars a 1/8 mile IHRA track. Back in 2000 I was bored so took the 30 min drive to lonestar for a $1000 footbrake race. Driving my high powered 79 corolla 2 door hachback powered by a 4 cyl running on 3 cly . Plug wire was even missing. Lol. I got there late so I got 2 tech cards for practice. Lost first round to a good friend John Cox on both cards. Car blistard the timers with a 13.45 @ 42mph with 3.11 60ft (.021 rt.) I had a 13.00 on window. So second card I put a 13.50 on window and it ran 13.70. Not good. So I bought back an both cards and put a 14.50 on window and started going some rounds. I think fourth round I had bye but even amount of cars . The other car dials a 6.78 and runs dead on . I went .006 and 12 off to take win at 25mph. !!! Next round I get my dad and he knows I'm bagging but I know that he knows .lol So he spots me and plans on braking me out! He stomped brake same time as I did and I ran 1 off to his 1 under for a win at 36mph. I ended up getting down to 5 cars 2 were me!! Lost both in 1/4 ers . I ran it at baytown in import class ran 23.65......so I dialed 24.70. Won 2 weeks in row .

a 1966 Barracuda, 273 2bbl automatic.

thing would launch incredible, then just lay over... 24.xx in the quarter. the timing system would nearly reset itself waiting for me to finish a run.

this car was a certified POS, no tail lights, so I'd have to ride the brake when driving at night, no heater, so i'd have to scrape the inside of the windows as i'd drive in the winter, tore the exhaust off getting stuck on a tree stump behind the tower at Milan Dragway, Flex piped a new exhaust on it.
perfect first car for a 16 year old.

88 Dynasty.

I (and a few friends) went numerous rounds in that car. Made it to the semi's one night, after winning 6 previous rounds.

I remember thinking (17 or so at the time) that this bracket racing thing is cake. LOL.

Best ET was 18.12. From what I remember in all of the passes I made in that car, the ET range was from 18.12-18.27ish. It was dead nuts consistent. Wish I was half as consistent.

My 71 Dart ran ~18.40s with a 225, alum intake, header and 2.76s.

Back in the 90's i owned a Napa store and I would race the Aspen and Volare delivery wagons from time to time if the racecar was not running. The fast one would go 20's and the slow one would go in the 21's. I also used to loan them out to friends who needed something to race. Here is a pic of theslow one.

This is the fast one. Must have been the wheels

My buddies record holding Omni 024 stocker with the 1.7, 17 seconds of boring azz ride. I told him he needed to put a radio in it so I had something to do.

Racecar busted so I ran the tow car ! 71 Monaco 318 2bbl. Ran consistent 18`s with the stereo cranked all the way down the track . Oh yeah, I was also in the $ that day as I recall LOL !!
Chryco

man, i thought i would have this nailed, but after reading some of the other responses, well...i took my wifes eagle station wagon out one day, dialed a 19.75 and got to the finals where i got happy feet and redlighted. that dial almost seems too fast for this topic!

1980 Chrysler lebaron dialled 18.88 when to the semis and broke out with a 18.7 somthing!

1965 Dart GT with the 273 HP and automatic tranny. I think it ran a 12 in the 1/8 mile.

I had a 1984 Turismo 2.2 that was a blast to drive that ran 10.8 in the 1/8. It was horrible in the 60 ft. Course it was not stock at all.

Leon

1964 Impala SS,327,PG.bone stock.you could eat a sandwitch before you got to the end of the qutr.